Had a bit of an experience this past weekend. Wanted to pass it along in case it helps anybody.

2015 RTS SE6 with 15,190 miles. Decided to get rid of stock front tires (yes, they still had about 1/3 tread left, just don't like them) and went with Federal Formoza AZ01. Decided at the same time to change out brake pads since I ride back and forth to work in city traffic every day and on the weekends we almost always ride two up (a lot of work for the brakes). Here are a couple of things I ran in to that you might want to watch out for.

Tires: Most motorcycle tires have an arrow that shows proper rotation. The mechanic knows this and looks for the arrow to know how to properly mount them. Since the car tires are bi-directional (I believe), the mechanic didn't bother to look for any particular "rotation direction". By sheer chance, I noticed that the tires did indeed have an "Inside" and an "Outside" marking because upon closer inspection, the tread design is NOT fully symmetrical so it does make a difference which way they go on. And yes, the mechanic mounted one of them backwards. If you go to car tires, watch out for this. Point it out to whomever mounts your tires and then check it when they are done.

Brakes: I had looked at my brake pads and didn't think they were too bad but since I was taking the front wheels off for the tire change and would have the bike in the garage for about 6 weeks (medical thing), I decided to go ahead and throw in some brake pads. Once I got them all out and looked them over, I found that they were anywhere from 0.100" of pad left down to 0.040" (the bare minimum) of pad left. The lesson for me here was that a brake inspection isn't complete unless you can see both pads on all three wheels and the leading and trailing edges of each pad. If in doubt, change 'em out!!